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K.S.A. § 12-406 (2026)

Maps and plats sufficient to vest title of lands conveyed for public use in city; effect of recordation

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12-406. Maps and plats sufficient to vest title of lands conveyed for public use in city; effect of recordation. Such maps and plats of such cities and towns, and additions, made, acknowledged, certified, filed and recorded with the register, shall be a sufficient conveyance to vest the fee of such parcels of land as are therein expressed, named or intended for public uses in the city, in trust and for the uses therein named, expressed or intended, and for no other use or purpose. The recording of such map or plat shall not constitute a conveyance of any interest in the oil, gas and other minerals underlying the avenues, streets, lanes, alleys and other parcels therein named or intended for public uses. The provisions of this act shall apply to all maps or plats, heretofore or hereafter made, acknowledged, certified, filed and recorded with any such register. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as granting any right to enter upon the surface of such parcels of land for purposes of exploring for or the extraction of such minerals, or in any other manner to interfere with the public uses named in such maps, plats and additions.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 6; R.S. 1923, § 12-406; L. 1958, ch. 6, § 1 (Special Session); L. 1984, ch. 65, § 1; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1977–1983 · leading case: J & S Bldg. CO. v. Columbian Title & Trust Co., 563 P.2d 1086 (Kan. Ct. App. 1977).
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J & S Bldg. CO. v. Columbian Title & Trust Co., 563 P.2d 1086 (Kan. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 10× “The governing statutes are as follows: *232 K.S.A. 12-406. “Such maps and plats of such cities and towns, and additions, made, acknowledged, certified, filed and recorded with the register, shall be a sufficient conveyance to vest the fee of such parcels of land as are therein…”
City of Kechi v. Decker, 634 P.2d 1099 (Kan. 1981). · cites it 2× “26 C.J.S., Dedication §§ 14, 15; 23 Am. Jur. 2d, Dedication § 3.”
Sw. Bell Tel. Co. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 664 P.2d 798 (Kan. 1983). “552 , the fee of a street dedicated under what is now K.S.A. 12-406 was said to vest ‘absolutely’ in the county.”
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